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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 27 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 94 |
 Nuggets | 26 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 95 |
HOUTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 35-7546.7% | 8-2828.6% | 16-2466.7% | 47 | 19 | 16 |
| DEN | 36-8940.4% | 9-4022.5% | 14-1782.4% | 45 | 19 | 11 |
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Denver Nuggets95| 37 | 15 | 7-19 | 1-8 | 0 | 0-0 | +12 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 28 | 9-15 | 1-3 | 9-11 | +7 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 34 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −5.4 | |||||
| 28 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.0 | ||
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| 23 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −5 | −2.6 | |||||
| 18 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −20 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −9.9 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.7 | ||||
| Team | 95 | 36-8940.4% | 9-4022.5% | 45 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 14-1782.4% | 10 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Markus Howard, Zeke Nnaji and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets94| 37 | 12 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | +2 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −10.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 8-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | −4 | −0.9 | ||||||||
| 31 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-5 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −7.5 | |||||
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| 29 | 12 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 19 | 11 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +4 | +5.3 | |||||
| 14 | 9 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +4.0 | |||||
| 9 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.2 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 94 | 35-7546.7% | 8-2828.6% | 47 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16-2466.7% | 7 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Usman Garuba and Josh Christopher (coach’s decision).
Nuggets95Rockets94ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 28 points (16 in the paint) and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 95-94.
The Nuggets trailed 94-89 with 2:46 left and scored the last 6 points, going ahead for good on Aaron Gordon’s corner 3-pointer with 51 seconds left.
The Rockets had the ball down 1 with 9.7 seconds left, but Jokić blocked Jae'Sean Tate’s cutting layup, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 79% to 85%. It would have put the Rockets ahead.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Nuggets 9-7. Late in the fourth quarter, PJ Dozier had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Aaron Gordon’s corner 3-pointer that put the Nuggets ahead 95-94, and the Nuggets scored 3 points off them.
For the Rockets, Daniel Theis scored 18 points (14 in the paint) on 8 for 12 shooting.
The Rockets outscored the Nuggets 54-36 in the paint.
Denver NuggetsHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 13% (4th quarter, 2:06 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
81 points from the field on 89 shots: 13.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-23 | 60.9% | 65% |
| In the paint | 5-17 | 29.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 8-9 | 88.9% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-29 | 17.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Theis | 38 | 9 | 4-9 | −6 |
| Alperen Sengun | 9 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Christian Wood | 9 | 5 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 1-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jae'Sean Tate | 26 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 12 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Jalen Green | 11 | 8 | 4-5 | +5 |
| Eric Gordon | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 4 | 2-7 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Wood | 31 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Daniel Theis | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 6 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Barton 6 AST)
Q4 0:51
34.1%
29→64
Theis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Gordon 3 AST)
Q4 2:46
16.9%
34→17
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Dozier 4 AST)
Q4 1:54
16.1%
13→30
Gordon 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Sengun 2 AST)
Q4 8:15
13.6%
82→68
Nwaba 2' Layup (2 PTS) (Augustin 2 AST)
Q4 10:58
12.9%
66→53
